Tag: Defense

(Defense) Virginia lawmakers prepare to battle the Pentagon over a potential cut to the carrier fleet (Defense News)

Joe Gould and David B. Larter In the wake of a report that the Biden administration is weighing retiring an aircraft carrier early to save money, lawmakers are warning...

(Defense) Pentagon has new research center to link networks, communications (Defense News)

Andrew Eversden The U.S. Department of Defense launched a new center to research integrating computing and communications across the military’s large networked systems. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/it-networks/2021/03/15/pentagon-has-new-research-center-to-link-networks-communications/

(Defense) Britain’s ‘Dragonfire’ ship laser gun to get accuracy boost (Defense News)

Tom Kington A ship-borne laser weapon being developed for the U.K. is edging closer to achieving pinpoint accuracy, and it is all being done with...

(Defense) US-EU cooperation pitch on military mobility gets positive response (Defense News)

Sebastian Sprenger European Union officials have offered a positive initial assessment of a recent U.S. request to join the bloc’s program for improving transportation pathways...

(Defense) Pakistan extends delayed T129 helo deal with Turkey — again (Defense News)

Burak Ege Bekdil , Usman Ansari , and Joe Gould Pakistan has agreed to, yet again, extend a deal with Turkey for T129 Atak helicopters — a planned procurement riddled with...

(Defense) A bridge fund can’t solve the Pentagon’s emerging tech problem (Defense News)

Eric Lofgren and Matt MacGregor Over the last five years, the Pentagon organized a charm offensive to attract new entrants into its technology base. With the lure of...

(Defense) Where does NATO fit into the global hypersonic contest? (Defense News)

Vivienne Machi The global race to build hypersonic capabilities is only getting hotter, as several NATO members — including the United States, France and the...

(Defense) Reaction Engines chases the elusive prospect of a hypersonic fighter jet (Defense News)

Andrew Chuter A hypersonic propulsion company backed by Rolls-Royce, Boeing and BAE Systems has taken a step closer to developing an engine capable of powering combat...

(Defense) Two down, more to go? With hypersonic weapons already in the field, Russia looks to improve features (Defense News)

Alexander Bratersky Hypersonic weapons are a top priority for the Russian government, a defense analyst with the state-run think tank IMEMO has told Defense News,...

(Defense) Turkey eyes directed-energy weapons as key priority (Defense News)

Burak Ege Bekdil Turkey’s top military commanders are pushing to prioritize directed-energy weapon programs following a decade’s worth of industry development in the field, a senior military...

(Defense) Drone-killing, dune buggy-mounted laser gets tested overseas (Defense News)

Nathan Strout The U.S. Air Force is testing whether lasers mounted on the backs of dune buggies could be the counter-drone weapon the military needs. https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2021/03/15/drone-killing-dune-buggy-mounted-laser-gets-tested-overseas/

(Defense) Hypersonic and directed-energy weapons: Who has them, and who’s winning the race in the Asia-Pacific? (Defense News)

Mike Yeo, Nigel Pittaway, Usman Ansari, Vivek Raghuvanshi and Chris Martin A number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region are caught up in the global hypersonic...

(Defense) Chaos, cash and COVID-19: How the defense industry survived — and thrived — during the pandemic (Defense News)

Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna U.S. Air Force leaders faced a dilemma. The service needed a key raw material from Italy for one of its...

(Defense/Artificial Intelligence) Artificial intelligence leads NATO’s new strategy for emerging and disruptive tech (Defense News)

Vivienne Machi NATO and its member nations have formally agreed upon how the alliance should target and coordinate investments in emerging and disruptive technology, or...

(Defense) Air Force ‘doomsday’ planes moved to Lincoln airport during Offutt runway replacement (Defense News)

The U.S. military’s four “doomsday” planes have been moved to their new temporary home in Lincoln from Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha...

(Defense) General Dynamics To Provide FAA With Radios For Backup Emergency Air Traffic Control Communications (Defense Arabia)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has chosen General Dynamics Mission Systems to provide new URC-300E transceivers as part of their Emergency Transceiver Replacement (ETR)...